Email Author Dennis Romero

Awards

• 2011 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published December 30, 2010

  "Death, Money and Megaraves"

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2013 Stories by Dennis Romero

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  Eric Garcetti Woos Hipster Vote With Steve Aoki Fundraiser

  published May 14, 2013

  When a 15-year-old girl died from a drug overdose after she attended Electric Daisy Carnival at the Los Angeles Coliseum in 2010, L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was quick to question whether raves sh... More >>

• Sex Offenders, Narcotics Convicts Working As California Drug Counselorsr

  published May 14, 2013

  A look at California's substance abuse counselors found that at least 23 of them were convicted sex offenders, with many having rape or child molestation on their records. That's according to a Calif... More >>

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  Watch L.A. Grow With This Time-Lapse Map

  published May 14, 2013

  In 1984 Los Angeles hosted the Olympics, Ronald Reagan was president and crack and AIDS were just starting to do damage. So much has changed since then, from the gentrification of Echo Park and downt... More >>

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  Bike Week L.A. Is Here; Free Bus, Metro Train Rides Thursday

  published May 14, 2013

  It's officially Bike Week L.A., so try not to mow down bicyclists as usual, Angeleno drivers. What is Bike Week L.A., you askr Mostly it's just a way to encourage you to step away from the gas guzzle... More >>

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  It's Official: America Hates Hipsters, Poll Says

  published May 14, 2013

  See also: The 20 Worst Hipster Bands: The Complete List. And you thought you were tired of those Echo Park kids in candy-colored sunglassesr It turns out that the rest of America is sick of hipsters... More >>

• Rendition of Whitney Houston's 'I Will Always Love You' Diverts LAX Flight (VIDEO)

  published May 13, 2013

  If you sang Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" on a shrill, nonstop loop during a flight from LAX to New York we'd beg for an emergency landing and then dial up the nearest SWAT team. Fortuna... More >>

• Twitter Hate Map Finds Racism Hot Spot In SoCal

  published May 13, 2013

  The Twitter "geography of hate" map that's getting so much buzz has nary a splotch of color in Southern California, indicating we are indeed some mellow, peace-loving liberals. Yes, while the Southea... More >>

• Teacher's Aide Molested Teen In Full View of High School Camera, Cops Say

  published May 13, 2013

  A teacher's aide molested a teen girl at a local high school, and it was caught on tape. So says the L.A. County Sheriff's Department, which today announced the arrest over the weekend of Juan Carlos... More >>

• Doctor Ran One-Stop Shop For Hydrocodone, Marijuana Prescriptions, Feds Allege

  published May 13, 2013

  A West Hollywood doctor served as a one-stop shop for both hydrocodone (a.k.a. OxyContin) prescriptions and medical marijuana recommendations. So say federal prosecutors who today announced that Jame... More >>

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  Cocaine Vaccine Could Block High, Save Hollywood

  published May 13, 2013

  Good news for Lindsay Lohan, Charlie Sheen, and celebrity clubbers everywhere. Maybe. Researchers are getting closer to inventing an anti-cocaine vaccine that works on humans. The academics announced... More >>

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  Silver Lake Reservoir Robbers Target Joggers

  published May 13, 2013

  Cops are on the lookout for two or three robbers who have targeted joggers around the Silver Lake Reservoir in recent weeks. So far the LAPD has only recorded two such crimes, including one last week... More >>

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  On Mother's Day, Cops Say Father Killed 6-Month-Old Whittier Girl

  published May 13, 2013

  On Mother's Day L.A. sheriff's officials announced that a 21-year-old Whittier father was arrested on suspicion of murdering his 6-month-old baby girl. The suspect, Eduardo Orozco, was arrested over ... More >>

• Triple Murder In Harbor Gateway

  published May 13, 2013

  Updated at the bottom: An arrest has been made. First posted at 3:17 p.m. Friday. Three men were killed and another was wounded in an early morning shooting in Harbor Gateway. Officers responding to... More >>

• Marijuana: L.A. Police Union Says No Dispensary Is The Best Dispensary

  published May 10, 2013

  See also: L.A. Voter Guide to Medical Marijuana Measures D, E and F on May 21 Ballot. The fight over the future of L.A.'s marijuana dispensaries has made for some strange bedfellows. After trying to ... More >>

• Geisha Video That Disrespects Asian Americans Made With L.A. Tax Money

  published May 10, 2013

  Of all thing things the city does with your tax dollars -- writing unnecessary tickets, letting workers drink and go to strip clubs, sending the mayor to Washington every other week -- this has to be ... More >>

• Jogger Dies After She's Attacked by 4 Pit Bulls East of Palmdale

  published May 10, 2013

  Updated at the bottom: The victim has been identified. A marijuana grow was found in the search for the dogs. First posted at 1:45 p.m. A woman attacked by four pit bulls in the High Desert community... More >>

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  Farrah Abraham Rejected By Sugar-Daddy Dating Site

  published May 10, 2013

  That slippery slope from C-list celebrity to straight-up XXX video vixenr We have identified how it appears to work, at least for one reality TV personality turned porn star. The sugar-daddy website ... More >>

• 2 Teens Charged In Murder Case That Led To Upscale Rancho Palos Verdes

  published May 10, 2013

  Two teenagers have been charged with the murder of 42-year-old Long Beach man Christopher Waters, whose body was found April 23 in a burned out SUV in Rancho Palos Verdes. The second of the two suspe... More >>

• Law To Stop L.A.'s Broken-Meter Parking Tickets Moves Forward

  published May 10, 2013

  The city of Los Angeles always seems to find creative ways to tax that ass, from $234 moving violations to broken-meter parking tickets. An area state Assemblyman, Mike Gatto, is working to block the... More >>

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  CicLAvia Shuts Down The Heart of Wilshire Blvd. June 23

  published May 10, 2013

  CicLAvia, that closed-streets bike ride, has quickly evolved from a virtual neighborhood block party to a cultural tour de force in its short history. The last one, April 21, was so successful that t... More >>

• 3.0 Earthquake Near Marina Del Rey Awakens Westside From Spring Slumber

  published May 09, 2013

  A small earthquake jolted L.A.'s coastal communities today, creating an online buzz so great that it proved the world really does revolve around the Westside. The jolt of a temblor struck at 2:08 p.m... More >>

• LAPD 'Party Car' in Valley Ready to Bust Your Backyard Shindig

  published May 09, 2013

  Cops are spread thin in this country-sized city of nearly 500 square miles. Call one and she might come -- if you have a serious emergency. But in the San Fernando Valley, LAPD has found the cash to ... More >>

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  Koch Brothers' Interest in Los Angeles Times Met With DTLA Rally

  published May 09, 2013

  People are starving on Skid Row, children go without parents in South L.A., and immigrants will work for practically nothing in this town. But a couple of rich conservatives threaten to buy the Los A... More >>

• Jodi Arias Is Not White (and Other Lessons About Latinos)

  published May 09, 2013

  See coverage of the Arias case from our sister publication Phoenix New Times here. There was a time when using the term "Mexican" was thought to be impolite. Perhaps that sentiment stems from the Chi... More >>

• Melvin Ramos: South L.A. Man Wanted for Allegedly Molesting Own Relatives

  published May 09, 2013

  Cops say a 27-year-old man participated in "illicit sexual acts" with a number of underage girls. And the victims were his own relatives. That's what an LAPD detective told us about Melvin Ramos, w... More >>